????????

Out of Town

Going to a meeting out of town today. Unable to hit the blog. Yesterday I called this chick who I shall leave unnamed since I just gave her the blog address. It was like the first time in a year I’ve called a new phone number. I wanted to be smoothe:

her: hello?

me: Hey, I’m calling for (so-and-so)

her: speaking.

me: (long pause) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
You’re a jive turkey

her: Oh hey Mike, what’s up?

me: How did you know it was me?

her: nobody else i know goes around calling people jive turkeys

me: I could have been George Jefferson

Her: That’s a valid point. Hey you know what? I need you to come over here and do me!

me: Ok

her: Wait, I didn’t say that at all. You’re just changing this conversation for the sake of the blog!

me: Damn straight!

Her: We know in reality I wouldn’t touch you with a ten foot pole!

me: Geez, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that! Oh, hold on, I have another call. click. Hello?

Lauri: I just called to tell you I wouldn’t touch you with a ten foot pole either

I don’t have an Xbox. Never saw a set of games worthy buying it for. GTA3 +GTA3-VC is what got me to buy a PS2. My brother is thinking of getting an XBOX to play Fable on, thought, so if he does I’ll have one.

I went to Australia once, and it was a really nice place. I was even thinking of buying a condo there on the beach, but then I met this asshole who called himself Aidan, and ended up on the next plane to America.

Heh, Mexi gets all the stuff via email BEFORE I start policing, and then has to check the blog for the end result. I bet he was damned near having a panic attack trying to get the blog to load.

D, if your employee program is the same as ours, I would get a Dimension 4700 with the XP Pro (unless you get a corp version since it is a home office), 160 gig HD, 1gig RAM (you don’t want to skimp on those), the single DVD+RW drive (for putting movies/pr0n you steal online onto disks to watch on your DVD player), and the Radeon card, since you are a gamer. On our program, that comes out to $1035.

Of course, I would buy a Mac, but that’s me. Actually, I did buy a Mac, but they give me a laptop here at the shop so I didn’t need a WinTel at the house.

Thank you very much Phelps. I will do all my research now. I have a laptop for my job when I work at home. this computer is for all my personal stuff that I don’t want the company spying on. Thank you very much!!

NOW, SOUTH AFRICA: Breaking news from South Africa: the Supreme Court of Appeal there has just ruled in favor of ending discrimination in marriage. The ruling was 4 – 1. Money quote:

“In terms of sections 8(3), 39(2) and 173 of the Constitution, the common law concept of marriage is developed to embrace same-sex partners as follows: ‘Marriage is the union of two persons to the exclusion of all others for life.'”

The decision could, in theory, be appealed to the Constitutional Court, which would have the final say, but they are considered likely to rule in favor of equality as well. The opinion, by the way, was written by the Honorable Edwin Cameron, an openly gay (and openly HIV-positive) judge on the court. I don’t have a link yet, but will post one as soon as I do. Canada, Belgium, Holland, South Africa are now lining up behind equality. Britain has just passed a bill guaranteeing all marital rights to gay couples under the rubric of “civil partnership.” Spain’s ruling in favor of full marriage rights is looming. In Massachusetts, it looks as if marriage equality is here to stay.

** I love the way you’ve left the comment about your big gun. DO you have a big gun, Phelpsie? I’d like to play with it someday. love, thuperman.